Toy paper bursting six-shooter



April 14, 1953 o. E. LANGos 2,634,548

TOY PAPER BURSTING SIX-SHOOTER Filed Sept. 6, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET l 0 2w l Jl, 52

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Patented Apr. 14, 1953 2,634,548 'I OY PAPER BURSTING SllX-SIVIOO'I'ERI`Otto E. Langes, Chicago, Ill. Application September 6, 1949, Serial No.114,113

(Cl. dii-V195) 13 Claims'. 1

This invention relates to paper bursting toy guns Yof the type in whicha movable breech intermittently seals a paper strip against the mouth ofa cylinder lstructure within which a piston works for compressing air toburst the paper.

lIn constructing paper bursting guns of the above type, it has been thepractice to provide a multi-part link assembly for actuating the pistonrod and the breech, as well as the paper feeding means. In assemblingthe gun care must be taken that the various parts of the link mechanismare properly aligned with each other and accurately positioned in thegun housing. This requires a substantial amount of time and skill on thepart of the operator. Furthermore, it has been customary to connect thetrigger to the link system by a pivot pin or rivet, and pivotally mountthe trigger on the gun housing thus requiring careful alignment of thelink system with the gun housing.

The production of paper bursting guns has presented another importantproblemover the years, and even generations of children, that such toyshave been available. The true pistol conguration, or western type ofgun, has been the universal favorite of the children, and they alwaysprefer an automatically operated toy gun to a single shooter. However,no acceptable toy paper-burster-gun of this exact outside shape andappearance has ever been produced due to the difficulty of providingmechanism which would produce the actions for an automatically operatedpaper-burster in a housing of this shape, and of a size and weight to behandled by a child.

A general object of the present invention is to provide an improvedpaper bursting gun which enables a more accurate and rapid assembly ofparts to be accomplished, by a less skilled operator or assembler thanheretofore was required.

Another object is to provide an improved paper bursting gun constructionWhich permits greater tolerance in the positioning `and alignment of theparts.

Another object is to provide mechanism that can be provided andassembled at a relatively low cost. i

A further object is to provide an improved link mechanism for a'paperbursting gun of the variety described above, wherein a single slid- Iable member performs the same function as several interconnected linksin conventional gun assemblies, thereby eliminating the problem ofalignment among a pluralityof parts.

A still further object is to provide a ,paper burning 110i/ elleresembling a Western Pietel in its appearance, with the movable breechof the gun simulating the hammer employed in this type of pistol, andwith mechanism'w'hich provides automatic operation for intermittent butcontinuous paper bursting by merely pulling the trigger.

A feature of the invention is the provision of a cooking and ringmechanism in which a single, horizontally reciprocable member has acentral portion adapted to be cammed by the trigger, and end portion foran operative connection to both actuate and release the piston rod ofthe toy gun, and an opposite end portion for an operative connection toactuate the breech.

Another feature is the provision of a novel breech mechanism whichsimulates the hammer of a western pistol, said breech mechanism having alost-motion connection to the aforesaid reciprocable member to affordthe necessary retarding actionof the breech and to protect the gunmechanism from damage if an attempt'is made to force the action of thebreech.

Still another feature is the provision of an improved breech and linkmechanism which can be preassembled as a unit before being mounted inthe gun housing.

The foregoing and other objects and features of the invention will bebetter understood from a study of the following description thereoftaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a paper bursting gun constructed inaccordance with the principles of the invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are longitudinal sections through the gun, illustratingthe moving parts thereof in different steps of their operation;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational View of a subassembly in the gun;

Fig. 5 is an elevational view looking at the interior of a gun housingpart; and

Figs. 6 and 7 are cross-sectional views taken on the line 5 6 and 1 1,respectively, in Fig. 2.

In practicing the invention, a paper bursting top gun is built toresemble a western pistol, with a breech in the form of a simulatedhammer being pivoted on the housing in back of a simulated cartridgechamber. Within the housing, in front of the breech, there is mounted acylinder assembly having an exposed mouth portion across which a paperstrip is fed. A piston working within the cylinder has a piston rodwhich extends forwardly therefrom through the gun barrel. A coiledcompression spring in the front end of the barrel tends to urgethe'piston rod rearwardly. VThe gun.l differs from the l'presentcommercially available paper bursting guns in that the trigger is notpositively linked to the means for actuating the piston rod and thebreech. The trigger is operated in the fashion of an ordinary pistol andthe mechanism acts to automatically cock the gun, feed the paper, andfire the gun in repeated bursts upon repeated pulling of the trigger. Inthe present instance the actuating means referred to comprises anintermediate member, referred to herein as a key member, movable in apath paralleling the piston rod, with the key member and the triggerhaving cooperating edge portions adapted to have camming engagement witheach other. At its rear end the key member is connected to the breechthrough a lost-motion linkage. A lever subassembly has a rst lever whichis fulcrumed on the gun housing and a second lever which is fulcrumedboth on said first lever and on said key member. The second lever has apin adapted to seat in a notch in the edge of the piston rod. A springbiases the second lever toward the piston rod and also biases the keymember toward a rearward position thereof. As the trigger is pulled, thekey member is cammed forwardly causing the second lever to push thepiston rod forwardly. A paper feeding pawl actuated by the trigger movesthe paper strip to bring an unbroken area thereof over the cylindermouth, and as the key member nears the end of its forward travel, takingup the lost-motion between this member and the breech, the breech movesahead to seal the paper against the cylinder mouth. The key memberultimately strikes a pin anchored in the housing, which pin bearsagainst a cam portion at the front end of the key member to swing thelever subassembly and disengage the pin from the notch in the pistonrod. The piston rod then is snapped rearwardly by its spring, buildingup air pressure within the cylinder to rupture the paper which has beensealed against the cylinder mouth by the breech.

Referring now to the drawings the gun therein illustrated has a two-partdie-cast housing I (the exterior of which is shown in Fig. l) with aforwardly extending barrel portion I2, a simulated cartridge chamber I4and a grip portion I 6. The gun resembles a western pistol in itsconfiguration, and like that type of pistol, it has a simulated hammerI8 pivoted on the housing I0 and projecting upwardly to the rear of thecartridge chamber I4. As will be explained subsequently, this simulatedhammer I8 is actually a breech member adapted to form a rupturable sealwith a paper strip employed in the gun. The trigger 2G of the gun is, inthe present instance, elongated so that it extends below the triggerguard 22. This enables the trigger to be grasped by two ngers andaffords greater leverage, for the purpose explained subsequently.

Each of the two mating parts of the gun housing IU has asemi-cylindrical cavity 24 (Fig. 5) therein at the rear end of the upperpart of the gun. A sheet metal cylinder 26 is positioned in this cavityin horizontal alignment with the gun barrel I2. A piston 28 works withinthe cylinder 25. A fiat piston rod 30 secured to the piston 28 extendsforwardly from the cylinder 26 through a portion of the barrel I 2. Thepiston rod 30 4terminates in a disc 32, and a coiled compression spring34 is mounted in the barrel I 2 between the disc 32 and a muzzle cap 36on the front end of the barrel I2.

The cylinder 26 terminates at its rear end in a mouth having an inwardlyturned annular lip 38. A rubber grommet 4u mounted on the, lil? 38 aordsa resilient annular cushion against which a paper strip 42 may be sealedby the movable breech or simulated hammer I 8. The grommet 40 alsoserves to hold a flat plate 44 against the mouth of the cylinder 25. Thepaper strip 42 is fed from a roll 46, Figs. 2 and 3, positioned within acylindrical cavity 48 in the grip I6. A paper guideway 50 extendsthrough the gun housing from the cavity 48 upwardly in verticalalignment with the outer end of the grommet 48. The paper strip 42 isintermittently fed upwardly, clamped against the grommet 4U in sealingengagement therewith, and ruptured by air pressure within the cylinder26, in the manner hereinafter explained.

A swinging plate or disc 5I, Fig. 1, mounted on the outside of the gripI6 normally covers the cavity 48 in which the paper roll 45 is disposed.When a new roll is to be inserted, the cover 5I is swung aside, and isthen moved back to its initial position when the roll is in place. Thecover 5I is held by small detent projections or in any other suitablemanner.

Within the gun housing I0, below the cylinder 26, there is disposed ahorizontally movable flat member 52, herein referred to as a key member.Near its mid-portion the key member 52 has a slanting cam surface 54that cooperates with a roller 56 on an arm 51 of the trigger 28 abovethe pivot or fulcrum 58 of this trigger. When the trigger 28 is pulledrearwardly, the member 52 is cammed forwardly, moving from the positionthereof shown in Fig. 2 to the position thereof shown in Fig. 3. Themember 52, near its forward end, cooperates with a lever subassemblycomprising a pair of levers 6U, Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 7, and a pair oflevers 62. The two levers 68 straddle the piston rod 30 and arefulcrumed at 64, Figs. 2 and 3, on the gun housing I0 above the pistonrod 3U. The two short levers 62 disposed below the piston rod 30straddle the forward end of the key member 52, being fulcrumed on a pin66 carried by the member 52. The lower ends of the levers 62 arepivotally connected by a pin 68 to the lower ends of the levers 64. Acoiled spring 'i8 tensioned between the pin 66 and an anchor l2 on thehousing In biases the levers 62 upwardly and also biases the key member52 toward the rear of the gun.

A pin 'I2 extends between and is secured to the upper ends of the levers62, and this pin 'I2 normally is received in a small notch or recess 'I4in the lower edge of the piston rod 35. When the trigger 28 is pulled,moving from the position thereof shown in Fig. 2 to the position thereofshown in Fig. 3, the key member 52 moves forwardly, and the pin 'I2pushes the piston rod 38 forwardly against the action of the compressionspring 34. The extended length of the trigger 20 affords the requisiteleverage.

The trigger 20 has an arm 'I6 thereon which supports a paper feedingpawl 'I8 of resilient material such as rubber which is pivotallymounted. at 'I1 Within a small slot or recess 'I9 in the arm '16. Whenthe trigger 20 is pulled, the pawl 'I8 bears against the paper strip 42in the guideway 58 (becoming wedged between the guideway 50 and thepivot 'I'I) and pushes the strip 42 upwardly a certain amount before thepawl 'I8 becomes disengaged from the paper strip 42 near the upper endof its stroke. This serves to bring an unbroken area of the paper strip42 over the grommet 4I) at the mouth of the cylinder 25. The breech I8is connected by a link 8U to the rear end of the key member 52. There isa lostmotion connection aorded by a pin 82 on the key member 52 which isreceived within a yslot 84 in the link 30. Hence, the breech i8 does notmove forwardly until the paper feeding step is completed. Then thebreech I8 is pulled by the link 80 tightly against the grommet 49 toclamp the paper strip 42.

At the front end of the key member 52 there is a rounded shoulder or camsurface 85 which engages a stationary pin 88 in the housing I0 when thekey member 52 nears the forward limit of its travel. This position isillustrated in Fig. 3. As the shoulder 86 strikes the pin 83andcontinues to move forwardly the member 52 is tilted downwardly. Itwill be noted that the fulcrum pin 63 that connects the levers 50 and 62together normally bears against a round shoulder 50 on the lower edge ofthe member 52. As the member 52 reaches the forward end of its travel,however, the pin 58 rides olf of the shoulder Si] and enters a recess 92adjoining the shoulder 95, as shown in Fig. 3. rlhis prevents anyfurther pivoting of the levers 62, which are held locked against angularmovement by the combined action of the lever 60 and the key member 52 solong as the key member 52 is in the extreme forward part of its travel.Therefore, as the key member 52 is tilted downwardly by being cammedagainst the stationary pin 88, the levers 62 likewise drop slightly toclear the pin l2 from the notch M in the piston rod 3G. The piston rodthen is free to move rearwardly under the pressure of its spring 34. Thetrigger 26 meanwhile is held in its rearward position as shown in Fig.3.

As the piston rod 36 moves to the rear, the piston 28 builds up airpressure within the cylinder 26 in back of the paper strip d2 which isbeing clamped against the grommet 4% by the breech I8. The breech i8 hasa hole 54 extending therethrough in registry 'with the hole in thegrommet 40. When the air pressure within the cylinder 26 reaches acertain point, the area of the paper strip 42 which seals the mouth ofthe grommet lli) suddenly bursts with a loud report. The trigger 2G thenis released, allowing all of the parts controlled thereby to assumetheir normal positions as illustrated in Fig. 2. The paper feeding pawl78 does not bear against the paper strip 42 with any appreciable forcein its return travel, inasmuch as the pawl 'i3 is not wedged against itspivot 'Il and is free to pivot a small amount during this movement. Thetrigger 2Q is restored by the action of the spring 'lli and comes torest against the shoulder 95 on the trigger guard 22, thus dening theinitial position of the pawl 18.

The pin 12 in the lever pair 62 rides along the n lower edge of thepiston rod il@ and eventually seats again in the notch ifi.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that tlf'e key member 52performs the functions of cooking the piston, releasing the piston andactuating the breech i8. It should be noted further that the key member52 is not pivotally connected to the trigger 25, but is more or lessfloatingly supported within the housing it. These features greatlysimplify the manufacture of the gun inasmuch as the parts need not beaccurately aligned in order to work properly. In prior gunconstructions, a certain amount of skill and time were required toinsure proper alignment of pvvotally interconnected links and. the like.In the present construction a single element (key member 52) performsall of these operative func: tions of the gun except the feeding ofpaper. I-Ielie, it is merely necessary to see that the other parts suchas the levers 50. and 6.2, andthe link are properly connected to themember 52. In assembling the gun it is found convenient to pre-lassemble the member 52, levers 60 and 52, link 80 and breech iB beforemounting the parts in the gun housing. Similarly, the cylinder 2G,muzzle plate M and grommet 48 may conveniently be preassembled as aunit, together with the pi-ston 28 and piston rod 30. The cylinder 26 issecured in any suitable manner to the gun housing I0.

The appearance of the gun, simulating a western pistol, is veryattractive to children. The simulated hammer or breech I8 is in aposition Where it can readily be manipulated, and there may be atemptation to force the operation of this breech. The lost-motionconnection between the breech i8 and the key member 52 prevents damagefrom being done by rough handling of the breech i3. This ,connectionaffords a certain amount of free play so that the parts are not thrownseriously out of alignment. In the present gun construction a slightmisalignment of the parts is of no consequence. The provision of thecompression spring 34 in a separate compartment ahead of the piston rod30 is another feature which expedites production of the gun. In priorguns the spring had to be coiled around the piston rod, requiring ahigher degree of accuracy in the formation and alignment of the springcoils.

While there has been illustrated and described what is at presentconsidered to be the preferred embodiment of the invention, it iscontemplated that there may be modifications of such embodiment withinthe true spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appendedclaims.

I claim:

l. An operating mechanism for a paper bursting gun of the type in whicha pneumatic cylinder and an associated piston rod are supported by thegun housing, such mechanism comprising a horizontally movable keymember, a breech lever fulcrumed on the gun housing for movement towardand from the cylinder, link means connecting said breech lever to saidkey member, and lever means having a fulcrum on said key member andanother fulcrum on the gun housing, said lever means including a portiencooperable with the piston rod, and means biasing said lever means intocooperation with the piston rod to actuate said piston rod as said keymember moves, said key member having a cam portion thereon engageablewith iixed means on the housing for moving said key member and saidlever means against the action of said biasing means to release thepiston rod from said lever means.

2. An operating mechanism for a paper bursting gun of the type in whicha pneumatic cylinder and an associated piston rod are supported by thegun housing, such mechanism comprising a horizontally movable keymember, a breech lever fulcrumed on the gun housing for movement towardand rrom the pneumatic cylinder, a lost-motion linkage connecting saidbreech lever to one end of said key member, lever means having a fulcrumon said key member near the other end thereof and having another fulcrumon the gun housing, said lever means including a portion coonerable withthe piston rod, and means biasing said lever means into cooperation withthe piston rod to actuate the piston rod as said key member moves, a Xedparten said gun houssing, said key member having a part at said otherend thereof engageable with said fixed part on the housing, with one ofsaid two parts having a cam surface for moving said key member and saidlever means against the action of said biasing means to release thepiston from said lever means.

3. An operating mechanism for a paper bursting gun of the type in whicha pneumatic cylinder and an associated piston rod are supported by a gunhousing on which a trigger for actuating the piston rod also issupported, such mechanism comprising a horizontally movable key member.a breech lever fulcrumed on the gun housing for movement toward and fromthe pneumatic cylinder, link means connecting said breech lever to saidkey member, lever means having a fulcrum on said key member and anotherfulcrum on the gun housing, said lever means including a portioncoop-erable with the piston rod, and means biasing said lever means intocooperation with the piston rod to actuate the piston rod as said keymember moves, said key member having a rst cam portion engageable withfixed means on the housing for moving said key member and said levermeans against the action of said biasing means to release the pistonfrom said lever means, and a second cam portion on said key memberengageable by a part of the trigger for moving said key member as saidtrigger is actuated.

4. A pneumatic gun for bursting successive o areas of a paper strip,such gun comprising a housing having a forwardly extending barrelportion, air compression means mounted within said housing rearwardly ofsaid barrel portion, a breech member fulcrumed on said housing anddisposed to the rear of said air compression means, a guideway for`directing a paper strip between said air compression means and saidbreech, said breech being cooperable with said air compression means toform a rupturable paper seal with the intervening paper strip, anactuating rod for said air compression means, said rod extending throughsaid barrel portion, a key member in said housing movable in asubstantially linear path parallel with said actuating rod, meanslinking the rear portion of said key Member to said breech, couplingmeans at the forward end of said key member for providing a separabledriving connection between said key member and said actuating rod, afixed member in said housing cooperating with a portion of said keymember to uncouple said actuating rod from said key memb-er, and atrigger pivotally supported on said housing for actuating said keymember.

5. In a .paper bursting gun having a stationary cylinder and means forfeeding a paper strip intermittently past the mouth of said cylinder, apiston rod extending from said cylinder, a shiftable member adjacent toand outside o-i said cylinder and movably supported on said gun, saidmember being movable in a path substantially parallel with said pistonrod, said piston rod having a notch in one edge thereof, lever meansfulcrumed on said member and having a portion adapted to seat in saidnotch, said lever means being effective to move said piston rod whensaid member is shifted in a given direction, said shiftable memberhaving an engageable portion thereof, a xed member on said gun having anengageable portion, with one of said engageable portions having a camsurface for tilting said member to move said lever means out of saidnotch when said portions are engaged at the cam surface, spring meansfor moving said piston rod to compress air in said cylinder when saidpiston rod is released fromA said lever means, a breech supported on thegun and movable toward and from the mouth of said cylinder, and alinkage connecting said breech to said shiftable member whereby saidbreech seals the paper strip against said cylinder mouth while saidpiston rod is moving to compress air 'within said cylinder.

6. In a paper bursting gun having a stationary cylinder with a guidewayfor a paper strip extending across the rear -end of said cylinder, thecombination of a piston in said cylinder having a piston rod extendingforwardly therefrom, a spring acting upon said piston rod to urge saidpiston into said cylinder, a shiftable member movable in a pathsubstantially paralleling said piston rod, said piston rod having anotch in one edge thereof, lever means fulcrumed on said shiftablemember and having a portion thereof normally received in said notch,spring means biasing said lever means toward said piston rod and biasingsaid shiftable member rearwardly, a trigger having camminginterengagement with said shiftable member for moving said memberforwardly when said trigger is pulled, said lever means pushing saidpiston rod forwardly against the action of said spring when said memberis thus moved, a fixed member engageable with a part of said shiftablemember when the members are engaged for tilting said shiftable member todisengage said lever means from said piston rod, whereby said piston ismoved into said cylinder by said spring, a breech at the rear of saidcylinder movable into and out of engagement with the paper strip, and alinkage between said shiftable member and said breech for bringing saidbreech into sealing engagement with the paper when said piston rod movesrearwardly, with said shiftable member, trigger, fixed member, and saidbreech all being supported on said gun.

7. In a paper bursting gun having an air compression device with anactuating rod extending therefrom, the combination of a lever systemnormally biased into engagement with a portion of said rod, pivotedbreech means movable toward said air compression device to seal thepaper thereagainst, a movable member interconnecting said lever systemand said breech means, a trigger having direct camming engagement withsaid member for actuating the same to cock said rod and to move saidbreech means into its papersealing position, said member also beingmovable relative to said trigger, and means for moving said memberrelative to said trigger in a direction to release the cocked rodwithout releasing said breech means, thereby causing the paper seal tobe burst, with said lever system and said trigger being supported onsaid gun.

8. In a paper bursting gun having an air compression device with apiston rod extending therefrom, the combination of a housing for saidgun, a key member iioatingly supported within said housing for principalmovement in a direction paralleling said piston rod and for secondarymovement in a direction normal to said piston rod, means for impartingthe principal movement to said key member, a pusher element on said keymember for actuating said piston rod to cock the same when said keymember is given its principal movement, a breech supported on saidhousing and movable toward said air compression device to seal paperthereagainst, a link coupling said breech to said key member, and meansfor imparting the secondary movement to said key member to release thecocked piston rod without releasing said breech, thereby causing thepaper seal to be burst.

9. In a paper bursting gun having an air compression cylinder with apiston working therein, a piston rod extending from said piston, abreech supported on the gun and movable toward and from said cylinder toseal paper thereagainst, a key element iloatingly supported within thegun for principal movement in a direction paralleling said piston rodand for secondary movement in a direction awav from said piston rod, atrigger supported on the gun and adapted to bear against said keyelement for imparting the principal movement thereto, said key elementhaving a portion cooperating with said piston rod to cock said rod whensaid key element is moved by said trigger, stationary means adapted tohave camming engagement with said key element to move the same away fromsaid piston rod and thereby release said piston rod, a spring actingupon said piston rod to move said piston into the cylinder when said rodis released, and means linking said key element to said breech forbringing said breech into cooperation with said cylinder when said keyelement has its principal movement and for maintaining said breech incooperation with said cylinder when said key element has its secondarymovement, whereby a rupturable paper seal is formed while said piston iscompressing the air within said cylinder.

10. A paper bursting gun comprising a housing having an opening in therear portion thereof, an air compression cylinder within said housinghaving its mouth at said opening, a trigger pivoted on said housing,means actuated by said trigger for intermittently feeding a paper strippast the mouth of said cylinder, a breech pivoted on said housing inback of said cylinder, said breech simulating a gun hammer and beingadapted to cooperate With the mouth of said cylinder to form an air sealwith the paper strip, a piston within said cylinder having a piston rodextending forwardly therefrom, a key member within said housing movablein a direction paralleling said piston rod and also movable away fromsaid piston rod, a lost-motion linkage connecting said key member tosaid breech, lever means fulcrumed on said key member and normallyadapted to engage said piston rod, said piston rod having a recess inthe edge thereof to receive a portion of said lever means, means biasingsaid lever means toward said piston rod, said trigger having cammingengagement with said key member to actuate the same in a directionparallel to said piston rod for thereby cooking said piston rod, and astationary element in said housing for camming said key member away fromsaid piston rod to release said piston rod from said lever means.

11. A paper bursting gun with a housing, and said gun comprising astationary cylinder, a piston within said cylinder having a piston rodextending therefrom, a spring acting upon said piston rod for urgingsaid piston into said cylinder, a key member supported in said gun formovement parallel to said piston rod and also being capable of movementaway from said piston rod, said piston rod having a recess in one edgethereof, a first lever fulcrumed on said key member having a portionnormally adapted to seat in said recess, a second lever fulcrumed onsaid housing and pivotally connected to said rst lever, spring meansbiasing said rst lever towards said piston rod, means for moving saidkey member parallel to said piston rod in a direction opposed to theaction oi said spring acting upon said piston rod, whereby said pistonis cocked by said rst lever, said first lever having a portionengageable with an edge of said key member to limit the pivotingmovement of said first lever after a predetermined travel of said keymember, and a stationary abutment cooperable with said key member to camthe same away from said piston rod While said first lever is blocked bythe edge of said key member against further pivotal movement, thereby towithdraw said rst lever from said piston rod and release said piston rodto the action of its spring.

12. In a paper bursting toy pistol of the western type having aircompressing mechanism with a piston rod, and piston, and a cylinderhaving an air expelling opening therein, the combination of means forcocking said mechanism and sealing paper at the air expelling opening,said means including a simulated pistol hammer on the outside of thepistol yadapted to be pivoted into and out of paper sealing position Iatthe air expelling opening to permit bursting of the paper, a fulcrum onthe pistol pivotally supporting said simulated pistol hammer, meanssupported within the gun connectible with the piston rod for lco-ckingthe same, linkage means likewise within the gun and operativelyconnected With said connectible means and said simulated hammer to moveboth for the cooking and for the sealing operations of the pistol, andtrigger means supported on the pistol operatively connected to saidlinkage means to move the latter, said linkage means including a lostmotion connection to said pistol hammer whereby said pistol hammer mayhave a limited movement without imparting a corresponding movement tosaid linkage means.

13. Mechanism for piston rod cooking and -paper sealing in a paperbursting toy pistol of the western type having a housing and airdeveloping means therein which includes the piston rod and an airexpelling opening at which to burst paper, said mechanism including incombination a simulated pistol hammer on the outside of the pistolhousing, a pivot on the housing supporting said hammer, piston cookingmeans supported within the housing, linkage supported within the housingconnecting said piston cocking means and said hammer to move both tocock the piston and to seal paper at the air expelling openingrespectively, and a trigger pivotally mounted on said housingoperatively connected to said linkage to move the latter and therebymove said piston cooking means and said hammer, said linkage meansincluding a lost motion connection to said pistol hammer whereby saidpistol hammer may have a limited movement without imparting acorresponding movement to said linkage means.

OTTO E. LANGOS.

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